Germany & Canada Advise Its Citizens To Avoid Travelling To India In Wake Of Covid Surge

<div dir="auto">On April 22, Canada suspended flights from India for a period of 30 days. During that period, passengers who travel to Canada from India via an indirect route will need to obtain a pre-departure negative COVID-19 molecular test result from a third country before continuing their journey to Canada.</div> <div dir="auto">Travellers who have previously tested positive for COVID-19 must provide proof of a positive COVID-19 molecular test conducted between 14 and 90 days prior to departure, instead of a negative COVID-19 molecular test.</div> <div dir="auto">This proof must be obtained in a third country before the continuation of the journey to Canada. You might need to seek entry and stay in a third country for at least 14 days.</div> <div dir="auto"><strong>READ: <a href="https://ift.tt/3e3hjxe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Leave India As Soon As It Is Safe': US Warns Its Citizens As India Fights Second Covid Wave</a></strong></div> <div dir="auto">If passenger tests positive during transit, he or she may be quarantined or sent back to point of departure.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto"><strong>Germany bans passengers who have visited India during the last 10 days</strong></div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto">With effect from April 26, 2021, Germany designated India as a country with a significantly elevated risk of infection (virus variant area). Therefore, entry to Germany, even with a valid visa, is generally banned for passengers who have visited India during the last 10 days.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">Exceptions: The Transport and entry ban does not apply to:</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">1. German Nationals and their accompanying close family members (spouse and children),</div> <div dir="auto">2.&nbsp; Residents of Germany, holding a valid residence permit (a visa is not sufficient),</div> <div dir="auto">3.&nbsp; Cargo or postal or ferry flights,</div> <div dir="auto">4.&nbsp; Repatriation of aircraft and crews,</div> <div dir="auto">5.&nbsp; Transportation of personnel in the interest of public health,</div> <div dir="auto">6.&nbsp; Ambulance flights and flights transporting transplant organs and necessary accompanying personnel,</div> <div dir="auto">7.&nbsp; Flights for urgent humanitarian reasons (for example for urgent medical treatment),</div> <div dir="auto">8.&nbsp; Flights on behalf of the EURATOM safeguards, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations and its agencies,</div> <div dir="auto">9.&nbsp; Members of a foreign diplomatic mission or consular office in Germany and their accompanying close family members whose appointment and the arrival has been notified to the Federal Foreign Office,</div> <div dir="auto">10. International transit: only allowed for direct onward connections without leaving the transit area of the airport and thus without entering Germany.</div> <div dir="auto">The exception does not apply for passengers who have an onward domestic connection within the Schengen area, as this would require entry into Germany.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">As of Tuesday, 30 March 2021, any person entering Germany by plane is to carry a negative corona test and present it to the airline prior to Boarding.&nbsp; This also applies to Transit passengers.</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">Travellers from India have to go directly to their final place of residence and immediately undergo a mandatory home quarantine for 14 days. For questions on quarantine regulations please contact your local Health Authority (Gesundheitsamt).</div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div> <div dir="auto">The test is to be taken not earlier than 48 hours prior to the scheduled arrival time in Germany. Exempted are children below 6 years. Details about testing can be seen from Robert Koch Institute's Website: Robert Koch-Instituts. The test result is to be kept for at least 10 days after entry.</div> <div dir="auto">Violation of registration and quarantine requirements can lead to a fine of up to 25.000 &euro;.</div> </div> <div dir="auto">&nbsp;</div>